April 25, 2011
Dr. Jin received new NSF funding on
"Improve NCAR Community Land Model
using DOE ARM observations". Dr. Jin
and her students will work on this
project with NCAR scientists (Sam
Levis), DOE LLNL scientist (Shaochen
Xie), and Prof Robert Dickinson in
University of Texas.

January 25, 2011
Checkout the Green
Ninja, a climate action
superhero working to inspire global
warming solutions through education
and personal action.

December 15, 2010
Rain forecast update - the winner of this year's forecast contest is Bill O'Shaughnessy, who picked Monday Dec 13 as the date on which San Jose rainfall for the year would exceed 3" (the winning date was Dec 14 - Bill's pick was closest). Shown below is Bill receiving his loot!

The Bay Area Winds Page is now run at San Jose State University. The wind model, which produces the wind field displayed on the winds page, was originally developed by Francis Ludwig. The Department of Meteorology at San Jose State, in particular Douglas Sinton, has handled the data gathering system for the wind page since its inception. Mike Voss and Bill O'Shaughnessy recently ported the model and display system over to SJSU. The archive system, a favorite of local meteorologists, weather enthusiasts, and environmental engineers, is once again operational and has most of the data back to 1995.

Professor Robert Bornstein has been honored this year with the Helmut E. Landsburg Award:" For over three decades of international leadership in the field of urban meteorology, including fundamental contributions in the areas of air pollution meteorology, urban heat island dynamics, and mesoscale modeling of urban areas ".
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January 4, 2008Major Winter Storm Slams California
A significant winter storm plowed into California bringing heavy rain, high winds, and tremendous mountain snows. This was the worst wind storm to hit the Bay Area since December 12, 1995.

April 24, 2007Is there any hope for our rain year?
As you no doubt have heard, we are experiencing below-average rainfall this year (the official rain year started on July 1 2006, and will end on June 30 2007). So, how dry are we? (see the facts)

January 29, 2007
The Meteorology Department Goes Green!
The Department of Meteorology has developed a series of guidelines to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and serve as a model of effective mitigation measures to reduce the impacts of global warming. We ask that all faculty, staff and students work towards these guidelines and we welcome suggestions on additional ways to reduce our collective impact and to better educate our community. See the guidelines.

Fall 2006

December 27, 2006What, a forecast for -30,000 degrees Fahrenheit in San Jose? How is that possible? Listen to what Chair Alison Bridger had to say to National Public Radio's Robert Seigel on "All Things Considered".

April 17, 2006The San Jose State Senior Forecasting Team has won the National Collegiate Weather Forecasting Contest. After years of nearly winning, SJSU dominated longtime nemesis MIT and the nearly 40 other schools, which participated during the 2005-06 season. And, SJSU forecaster, Massoud Fazal, aka "wxstrm", has won the overall individual title of National Forecasting Champion out of 1066 contestants, also a great accomplishment. See the victory page for details regarding this incredible year of forecasting for the Spartans.

April 1 , 2006
March was an active month for weather in Northern California; we've had numerous cold storms with frequent snow on the hills. Has it really been that cold and rainy this month? Decide for yourself!

January 3, 2006
The Department is proud to announce Dr. Alison F.C. Bridger as the new Chair of Meteorology. Alison has been a faculty member with the department for 18 years during which she has developed solid research program modeling the Martian atmosphere. The Department looks forward to Alison's guidance in achieving success as we move forward with reinvigorating the program.

Fall 2005

The 2005 hurricane season was historic.Unfortunately, this meant extreme hardship for many many people.See what our Meteorology professors had to
say about Katrina, Rita and the possible connection with climate change.Note:Apple Quicktime is required to see these clips.

Professor Cordero has received funding for his project "Connections
between Stratospheric Perturbations and Climate Change - Research and Teaching
Integration" though the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program.The CAREER program is NSF's most
prestigious award in support of the early career-development activities of
those teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate research and
education.This five-year award for
$626,000 aims to better understand the role of stratosphere perturbations on
global climate change though various modeling activities.In addition, the project will develop a
summer institute on the teaching of climate change for K-12 teachers.More information on the project can be found here.

The Department of Meteorology is currently seeking a new Chair as Professor
Jindra Goodman and Professor Bob Bornstein are going into the Faculty Early
Retirement Program in the Fall of 2005.What this means is that both will continue to work in the department on
a half time appointment, allowing them more time either for their research
programs, or to pursue other interests.

Fall 2004

The Department would like to welcome our newest faculty Dr. Thomas
Rickenbach.Professor Rickenbach
received his Ph.D. from Colorado State University and was most recently working
at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.His main research interests are the dynamics
and remote sensing of tropical convective systems, with an application toward
improving the representation of convection in global models and improving the
retrieval algorithms of spaceborne precipitation.For more information about Prof. Rickenbach,
check out his web page.

The Department has a new supercomputer.Actually, it's more like 112 computers in one!The Linux Supercluster is a 56 processor 112
node parallel machine that can run at speeds comparable to the world fastest
supercomputers.Professor Bornstein and
his group are eager to test out the new machine with their MM5 air pollution
simulations.This machine will also be
used by others in Meteorology, such as for modeling the climate (Prof. Cordero)
and simulating Martian weather patterns (Prof. Bridger).

Spring 2004

The Department of Meteorology is proud to announce that Prof. Bob Bornstein
was recently been elected as a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society
(AMS).The honor of Fellow of the AMS is
given to an individual for recognition of outstanding contributions to the atmospheric
or related oceanic or hydrologic sciences, or their applications, during a
substantial period of years. Only two-tenths of one percent of membership are
approved as Fellow each year.Currently,
Prof. Bornstein is serving on the WMO Committee on Urban Climate, AMS Committee
on Weather Modification, AMS Urban Board, and Technical Advisory Committee of
the San Francisco Bay Area Air Quality Management District.

Congratulations to the SJSU Meteorology Students who participated in the
latest National Collegiate Weather Forecasting Contest. They finished a best-ever 2nd in the
nation!!With over 40 other institutions
participating over two semesters, our forecasters out-forecast every other team
except MIT.Great job!!

Congratulations to Mike Voss, our forecasting instructor and the overall
winner of the National Collegiate Weather Forecasting Contest.With over 1000 students, staff and faculty
participating, this is an amazing accomplishment.In addition, this is the second time Mike has
won this national competition. We love it!!